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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on January 24, 2010, 18:19

Title: Early humans wiped out Australia's giants
Post by: sam on January 24, 2010, 18:19

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Humans, not climate change, caused the mass extinction of Australia's giant animals, such as huge kangaroos, tens of thousands of years ago.

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100123/full/news.2010.30.html

Title: Re: Early humans wiped out Australia's giants
Post by: Rik on January 24, 2010, 18:21

We don't seem to learn from history, do we.

Title: Re: Early humans wiped out Australia's giants
Post by: sam on January 24, 2010, 18:24

Nope - not even when it only just happened.

Title: Re: Early humans wiped out Australia's giants
Post by: Rik on January 24, 2010, 18:28

We wouldn't be in Afghanistan if we had learnt, for example...

Title: Re: Early humans wiped out Australia's giants
Post by: sam on January 24, 2010, 18:34

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